{"product_id":"beamish-viola-concerto-no-2-the-seafarer-norsk","title":"Beamish: Viola Concerto No. 2 (\"The Seafarer\")","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/zh\/collections\/sally-beamish\"\u003eSally Beamish (1956-)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eInstrumentation (this edition)\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"edition-instrumentation\"\u003ePiano Reduction, Viola\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong class=\"original-instrumentation-title\"\u003eOriginally for\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"original-instrumentation\"\u003eViola, Orchestra\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork\u003c\/strong\u003e: The Seafarer (Viola Concerto No. 2) (2001)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"binding hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"book-pages hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: None\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c!-- split --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"one-half columns\"\u003e \u003ch4\u003eDescription\u003c\/h4\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"feature_divider\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003eInstrumentation:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2 Flutes (2nd doubling piccolo)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2 Oboes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2 Clarinets in Bb (2nd doubling bass clarinet)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2 Bassoons (2nd doubling contrabassoon)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2 Horns in F\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2 Trumpets in C\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTimpani\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1 Percussion (Sus. Cym, S.D., Tom-toms\nSzl. Cym, Rain stick, Temple blocks,\nTub. Bells, Tam-tam, Tri., B.D.,\nCrotales, Maracas, Mark tree, Xyl.)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolo viola\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStrings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI first came across the 9th century Anglo-Saxon poem \u003cem\u003eThe Seafarer\u003c\/em\u003e, when artist Jila Peacock sent me a new translation by Charles Harrison Wallace, whose Scottish and Swedish ancestry has led to a very Nordic take on the poem, using words which resonate in both Scandinavian\/North Scottish languages, and reflecting a Nordic view of life's journey, using the metaphor of a sea voyage that comes to rest in \"Heaven's haven\". I was struck by its vivid imagery and wrote a short piece for solo violin inspired by the text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2000 I was asked by the \"Summer on the Peninsula\" Festival to make a setting of the poem for narrator and piano trio with Jila's Seafarer prints projected as part of the work, and in so doing I began to hear more orchestral textures and to want to explore the material further. The Viola Concerto is the third part in my \"Seafarer\" Trilogy and is in three movements.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first suggests wave shapes, seabirds, and ideas of conflict and exploration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe second is based on a two-note motif first heard on the bassoon. The music is mocking and ironic in character, with a fragile and transient middle section - the half-heard cries of banshee-like spirits.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe last movement is essentially a set of cadenzas exploring material from the first two movements, set against a gentle string refrain and resolving into a simple hymn-like passage which ends the concerto.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Norsk Musikforlag","offers":[{"title":"Solo Part with Piano Reduction","offer_id":43762198577231,"sku":"NMO12875D","price":82.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Study Score","offer_id":43762198806607,"sku":"NO12875A","price":217.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Solo Part","offer_id":43762198839375,"sku":"NMO12875C","price":105.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/1828\/files\/3381e4f314746abcef1dc96dc495f984.jpg?v=1761921698","url":"https:\/\/www.ficksmusic.com\/zh\/products\/beamish-viola-concerto-no-2-the-seafarer-norsk","provider":"Ficks Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}